Model comparison

Llama 13b vs Qwen-14B

Qwen-14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 23.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Llama 13b Meta

23.9

Rank #344 Confirmed

Qwen-14B Alibaba (Qwen)

30.8

Rank #273 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 13b scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen-14B in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in instruction following, where Qwen-14B leads 52.6 to 36.9.

Side by side

Llama 13b and Qwen-14B specifications
Llama 13bQwen-14B
ProviderMetaAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index23.930.8
Released2023-02-242023-09-24
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2118

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Category by category

Coding Qwen-14B leads

Llama 13b: 20.9 (#332), Qwen-14B: 30.6 (#283)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen-14B
LMArena Coding6831072

Reasoning Qwen-14B leads

Llama 13b: 13.4 (#327), Qwen-14B: 18.7 (#255)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen-14B
LMArena Hard Prompts7281027
BIG-Bench Hard37.9%55%
Epoch Capabilities Index100.09112.8
LAMBADA75.2%71.1%
PIQA80.1%79.9%
HellaSwag79.2%—
WinoGrande73%—

Math Qwen-14B leads

Llama 13b: 24.4 (#259), Qwen-14B: 28.7 (#224)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen-14B
LMArena Math8381068
GSM8K20.6%61.3%

Knowledge Not comparable

Llama 13b: —, Qwen-14B: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen-14B
ARC (AI2) Challenge52.7%84.4%
BoolQ78.7%86.2%
MMLU47.7%66.3%
OpenBookQA56.4%—
TriviaQA77.9%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Llama 13b: —, Qwen-14B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen-14B
ScienceQA43.3%—

Multilingual Qwen-14B leads

Llama 13b: 16.8 (#292), Qwen-14B: 27.7 (#270)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen-14B
LMArena Non-English8191042
LMArena Chinese—1077

Instruction Following Qwen-14B leads

Llama 13b: 36.9 (#300), Qwen-14B: 52.6 (#284)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen-14B
LMArena Instruction Following7811031

Long Context Not comparable

Llama 13b: —, Qwen-14B: 31.3 (#276)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen-14B
LMArena Longer Query—1029

Writing & Preference Qwen-14B leads

Llama 13b: 13.9 (#307), Qwen-14B: 27.8 (#294)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bQwen-14B
LMArena Text8341051
LMArena Creative Writing7941028
LMArena Multi-Turn7531022

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 13b better than Qwen-14B?

Qwen-14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 23.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Llama 13b or Qwen-14B better for coding?

Qwen-14B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 30.6 versus 20.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Llama 13b and Qwen-14B share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 13b has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen-14B has 18.

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